Colleen Hoover is everywhere. There's no denying her impact: Book communities on Instagram (CoHorts, as they call themselves) have gone head-to-head ranking their favorite CoHo books (yep, that's their name for her), while Barnes & Noble and indie bookstores alike have tables dedicated to her work. Her name alone garners 4.2 billion views and counting on TikTok. Even if you don't enjoy her writing, it feels like you can't escape her.
The New York Times bestselling author enjoys an almost cultlike following (I'm not joking—some people will literally bully you if you admit you don't like her books), but Hoover, who is in the middle of bringing a live-action adaptation of her most popular book, It Ends With Us, to the screen, has also found herself at the center of a growing and important debate. And it's starting to show, with TikTok adding words like "controversy," "slander," and "canceled"—in that order—right after her name as suggested searches.
As Hoover continues to reach new heights in her career, whispers (and even screams) of a different kind of conversation about her books are starting to take place: that the romances Hoover writes about are toxic, deeply problematic, and in most cases glorify abuse. |
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